Building record 1995/8/1 - Hill Farmhouse

Farmhouse and attached farm buildings

{1} Farmhouse. Mid C17 to mid C18. Regular coursed lias and ironstone with slate roof. Originally 3-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic; 3-window range of C19 casements under wood lintels. C19 panelled door under wood lintel to left. Pair of gabled roof dormers. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and brick stacks at ridge and end. Late C18, two-storey, 2-window range attached to right. Rear: small C17 gabled staircase projection. C20 wall attached to left of rear has reset 4-centred moulded stone arch . 7. Interior not inspected but may have remains of open fireplace.

{3} The farmhouse did not form part of this building survey, as it was affected by the development proposals. The south range of buildings, which probably dates from the third quarter of the 19th century, has been altered to a greater degree than the north, particularly internally. Built predominantly of red brick with only the north and east walls (those facing the farmhouse courtyard and entrance into the stockyard)built of carefully laid ashlar ironstone with bullnose brick at the corners. The roof is covered by blue, probably Welsh, slate. Internally there are no visible features, either constructional or relating to former use since this room, along with the others in this phase, have been completely gutted and fitted out with new floors and wall coverings as it appears that these rooms were used to prepare and store meat products. Thus, all walls have been plastered and painted or tiled and the ceilings likewise covered and painted. The only visible item is the door in the east wall which was a two-leaf stable door of vertical planks, ledged but not braced. The size of the rooms suggest stabling or storage.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/257 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G05 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Prentice, J and Walker, C., 2015, Archaeological Building Recording at Hill Farm, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, November 2015 (Report). SNN110585.

<4> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 35 (Journal). SNN111326.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Mears Ashby (Photographs). SNN112861.

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Jan 19 2022 12:24PM